Kitchen-cabinet



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. G. B. ROGERS. KITGHEN CABINET. N0. 399438. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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. (3. B. ROGERS. KITCHEN CABINET. No. 399,438. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,438,

1888. Berle-1N0. 286,162. (No model.) 7

Application filed September 11,

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that l, CHARLES BUTTERS ROG- ERS, of St. Peter, in thecounty of Nicollet and State of Minnesota, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Kitchen-Cabinets, of which the following is aspecification.

The objects had in view by this invention are to provide akitchen-cabinet which shall combine convenience and facility to carryout the purposes of the same; and to these ends the nature of theinvention consists of the combination of parts, including theirconstruction, ,substantially as hereinafter set forth and claimed. y

In accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevationofmy-kitchen-cabinet. Fig.- 2 is a side elevation of the same, showingthe drawer or box partly withdrawn. Fig. 3.is a sectional elevationthereof with ,the front down or in a horizontal position. 1 Fig. 4 is arear elevation of the same, showing additional shelves or leaves thereofin their horizontal or extended position.

Inthe embodiment of my invention I employ an upright case or closure, A,made in its general form. i It may be inimitation of a secretary orbook-case surmounted with an entablature. This case or closure ismounted upon casters, so that it may be readily moved about the house orother place. It consists, principally, of a back, a, a contracted top,a, side portions, a door, A. The lower part of the case or closure A isdivided into two compartments by a central partition, I), the front edgeof which is preferably curved outward from its lower edge upward towithin a short distance of its upper edge, it then being inclined inwardand upward, thus forming an angle or ofiset, as at b.

B B are compartments above referred to, the front portions of which areof the same contour as time being formed with an offset or ledge, 11 branging in line with the angle or offset 12' said ledges or offsetsvirtually forming a single continuous ledge or odset, the purpose ofwhich will appear farther on. The drawers B B rest upon a transversebridge, b secured edgewise to and in between the side pieces, a o of thecase or closure A,

drawers or boxes occupying theand downward.

' that of the front edge of the partition I), each time mm. 12,1ss9.

the bottoms of which drawers stand well above the floor, as do also thebottom edges of the bridge and back of the case, to permit of the readyintroduction beneath the same of a broom in sweeping the floor.

The case or closure A is provided in its upper part with shelves forholding various kitchen articles or'utensils. The door or upper frontportion, A, of the caseor closure A is hinged'at its lower edge to theupper edge of a cross-piece, between the side pieces, a a", of the caseor closure A just above the drawers B B, permitting said door to swingor open outward To the outside of said door A is applied a hinged propor board, B, which, when the door is position, is adapted to drop intothe required position, abutting squarely against the board atone edge,the other edge of said prop resting against the inclined part of thepartition b and drawers B B, and upon the angle or offset 1) and theoffsets or ledges b 1) thereof.

' The board or prop portion or door, A, is lifted or carried to itsupright position and past theperpeudicular, thus being caused to standin or occupy an inward inclined position, will fold upon the door A andassume the appearance of a panel. At the same time both the door andprop will thus be held in place by gravity, dispensing with a catch orother means to secure the same in place against accidental displacementor falling. The board or prop B may be beveled upon or provided with amolding around its edges. by hinges are two leaves or additionalshelves, C G, arranged thereon at a suitable 'height, the purpose ofwhich is to hold any culinary article or utensil, or upon them may beset, in cooking at night or during dark, a lamp, 6 r they may beotherwise utilized. The shelves 0 C have each applied to the rear edge astrip or molding, c, which projects past the sides and a short distancealong the back, and is arranged to extend underneath the stop or cleat(l, secured to the back of the case or closure A when the leaves orshelves are in their horizontal position. The strips or moldings c ofthe shelves or leaves 0, when the shelves or leaves are in their foldedor vertical position, register with additional strips or Applied tothesides of the caseA a fastened to and in lowered into a horizontal B, asthe upper front moldings c 0' upon the'iback of easing A, thus unitingwith the latter strips or moldings to provide the case or closure A uponits back at the side edges with molding, adding to the finieh andadornment thereof.

It will be observed that the offsets or ledges of the drawers B B servealso as handdiolds or drawer-pulls forthe convenient and ready handlingof the drawers.

Having thus fully described my invention,

desire to secure by Letters said strips, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination,

with a case provided wit-ha cleat across its back and with a moldingalong the lower part of its rear edges, of shelves hinged to the sidesof the case and provided on their rear edges with rearwardly-projectingstrips adapted to engage alternately the cleat and the molding,substantially as herein shown and described.

' 3. The herein-described kitchen-cabinet,

.eonsisting of dense provided with the cleat d andthe moldin c, thehinged front portion, A, the board B hinged to the front A and servingboth as a prop and a pawl, and the shelves C, hinged to the sides of thecase and provided with rearwardly-projecting strips for engagingalternately the eleat and molding, asspecified.

CHARLES BUTTERS ROGERS. Vtitnesses:

Azno A. STONE, JULIUS MEYER.

